The team is stranded because Canada banned flights from South Africa.
The team is trying to go through Germany on Dec. 8th but it is unclear if those travel plans will hold up given new restrictions in Germany and other parts of Europe.
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Those stranded in South Africa feel like the govts actions have been "lip service".
"The Federal Minister of Sport facetimed the team and said we were a high priority. However, we have just learned that this is lip service. There are no repatriation flights being planned."
“There was no consultation. We see all kinds of holes in this. They rushed this through.”, Public Service Alliance of Canada Union President Chris Aylward said of Justin Trudeau’s newly announced mandatory vaccine policy for federal workers.
“When the prime minister first talked about vaccination policy on August 13, he said that they would be talking to the unions. We were told that there would be full consultation on this and there wasn’t quite simply."
"We were given this draft policy late Friday evening and we’re told Monday you have to respond. Yesterday, they extended the deadline to last night. And then at 11:00, the Prime Minister makes this announcement. There was no consultation. We see all kinds of holes in this."
At Herron nursing home, the wife died in a room shared by a married couple. Her body was left in there for a day. The husband had Alzheimer’s. Every few hours, he checked on his spouse and rediscovered that she had died.
"COVID-19 was repeatedly cited as a cause of death at the Herron nursing home to obscure the fact that dozens of elderly residents died from thirst, malnourishment and neglect, a Quebec coroner’s inquest heard Tuesday."
"A recurring theme in the auxiliary nurse’s testimony was the lack of humanity afforded to dying residents and their relatives. One appeared to have died of thirst after being forgotten in his room."